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A chance inquiry by an unidentified collector has led to a spectacular literary discovery: Parts of two previously unknown poems by Sappho, the great Greek poetess of the 7th Century B.C. One of the ...
A Grand Valley State University classics professor is receiving national attention for her new book, which offers the first English translation of Greek poetry not seen by the public in 2,000 years.
A fragment of ancient papyrus given to an expert at Oxford University contains two previously unknown works by Greek poet Sappho, according to his findings. US papyrologist Dr Dirk Obbink asserts they ...
When you type Mary Barnard’s name into Google, the auto-fill function tantalizes before you even get to the last syllable: Mary Barnard Sappho. Sappho, of course, is the ancient Greek lyric poet whose ...
The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. Parts of two previously unknown poems by the Greek lyric poet Sappho have been discovered on an ancient papyrus. An ...
The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. Parts of two previously unknown poems by the Greek lyric poet Sappho have been discovered on an ancient papyrus. An ...